Carol Taylor does an amazing job each week with the food column and healthy eating posts here on Smorgasbord, and she deserves a break to get on with her own writing projects for a few weeks. Time for the last of the posts from Carol’s archives and next week she will be back with recipes to ensure you are getting sufficient Vitamins B12 and E..

This week one of Carol’s very thought provoking posts on the environment, with an emphasis on waste and our responsibility to do what we can as individuals to make a difference.. In this post a look at how nations can undermine our efforts.

Waste Not! Want Not! …Australia plans to dump one million tons of sludge on the Great Barrier Reef! by Carol Taylor

Good morning from sunny Thailand although we have had the mother of storms this week and huge hailstones it has cooled the air down somewhat…

I am really heartened by the initiatives which I am discovering that are happening from all around the world…Your comments are also a revelation when I hear from you guys what is going on in your neck of the woods all good stuff…How you are reducing the carbon footprints and coming up with ideas to cut waste and protect the environment.

Then just the other day I heard and read something which shocked me to the core…One of the biggest, most beautiful countries in my part of the world with breathtaking natural wonders is allowing an absolutely abhorrent action to take place…

Australia plans to dump one million tonnes of sludge in the Great Barrier Reef.

A loophole was found – the laws don’t apply to materials generated from port maintenance work.

It comes one week after flood water from Queensland spread into the reef, which scientists say will “smother” the coral.

Dredged from the sea bed near Hay Point Port who are one of the worlds largest coal exporters and a substantial economic source for Australia this industrial residue is going to be dumped on that beautiful reef…

The North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation have said the dump will have a minor environmental impact… Please, it should not be happening and then there would be no impact…Their investigations of course ( it is in their ) own interests ( profit) showed risk to be predominantly low with some temporary short-term impacts.

So let’s be clear the Bulk Ports Corp is paying for reports to justify their own dump and which probably also found the loophole which they now are now exploiting …

My question is WHY? When Australia has pledged A$500 million( 275) million to protect the reef… Are they allowing this dump?…

If this doesn’t smack of cronyism, blatant pocket lining and profiteering then I don’t know what does…

Read the full story here… When you have please if you feel the same as me share the hell out of it…

That beautiful coral home to lots of sea life which has already lost 30% due to bleaching… and now they plan to dump sludge they say well away from that but given the tide and weather conditions, no one can guarantee where the sludge will end up …

Whitsunday islands Image by werner22brigitte on Pixabay

I myself cannot believe that government/ politicians can sanction this …It is their country for God’s sake and after pledging all that money to save the Barrier Reef they are allowing this? It is an abhorrent, cruel, wicked way to treat that beautiful place…

Humans are the worst perpetrators of harm to the environment…

The dredging is due to start in March and is set to last 40 days.

I defy anyone to try to justify such actions or to tell me it has nothing to do with pure unadulterated greed and profiteering.

I have lost heart and don’t feel I want to dim the importance of these actions unless anyone can stop it happening by telling of some of the wonderful efforts to save the environment …They are for another post on another day…

Thank you so much for reading this post …Please share your ideas on how we can save our carbon footprints and the environment and if you live in Oz please try to stop this happening…I love to hear from you in comments xxx

Thanks to Carol for allowing me to dive into her archives and she will be back next week with more recipes.

About Carol Taylor

Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them.

I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetables ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling.

Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use have to improve our health and wellbeing.

Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!

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25 thoughts on “Smorgasbord Posts from Your Archives -#PotLuck – Waste Not! Want Not! …Australia plans to dump one million tons of sludge on the Great Barrier Reef! by Carol Taylor”

Australia had their shock election result, Liberals ( conservatives ) back in. My family and their friends are devastated, it’s like a green light to go ahead with all the devastating projects environmentalists have been fighting for years.

Their spin doctors and their fear campaigns were better than the other parties..Also people are confused by all the conflicting reports on climate change and conservation, and most people are swayed by the promise of jobs and money. Most individuals are not bothered about the environment.. and it is only if we can show the younger generation that it is worth saving this planet can we change that.. xxx

I didn’t see the campaign but I do agree there is a lot of conflicting reports on Climate Change. It is just a shame people can’t see the bigger picture so I guess I will still retain the services of my soap box
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So disgusting that politics and payoffs are the deciders of what we all have to live through the consequences. It seems this style of governing is like a virus spreading globally. Thanks for keeping us abreast Carol. And another great pick Sal ❤ Hugs girls xxx